Learning Support Assistant – Job Advert
Job Details
Job Title: Learning Support Assistant (LSA)
Department: Additional Learning Support
Campus: Havant / South Downs
Salary: Grade 3 Spine Point 10 - £22,507.70
Contract Type: A range of hours available from Part time to Full time (term time only)
About the Role
The primary function of this role is to provide a high quality pro-active academic and pastoral learning support service for learners who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This rewarding role involves the delivery of one to one and small group support, both in and out of class, in collaboration with a wide range of different teaching and learning support professionals.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:
* To provide a high quality pro-active academic learning support service to learners who have additional learning needs.
* To ensure that all learners receiving support have the opportunity to achieve as well as their peers and are able to stay as independent as possible.
* To provide learning support that contributes to an outstanding learner experience from the start of their college journey to progression into further study or employment.
* Provide high quality in class or small group support to learners identified with additional learning needs, under the guidance of the class teacher, in all learning environments across both college sites.
* Work directly with curriculum staff, other support staff, key external stakeholders and agencies to ensure that the learner journey, from start to finish, meets the social, emotional and academic needs of each individual learner.
* Develop an understanding of barriers to learning and the wide range of ways to overcome these; to also develop a comprehensive knowledge of learning difficulties and disabilities and the strategies to alleviate these.
Requirements
You will need:
* Maths and English to at least level 2
* Educated to at least level 3
* Understanding of factors that create barriers to learning and strategies to overcome these
* Proven track record and experience of effective quality improvement in learning support
* Well-developed ability for problem solving and decision making
* Knowledge and/or experience of disabilities and learning difficulties and strategies to support these
Benefits
In return, you will receive:
We offer a wide range of benefits to help make HSDC a great place to work! Some of these include:
We will invest in you! As an organisation that puts education at the forefront of everything we do, it’s only right that we take the same approach for our employees.
There are a wide range of training and continued development opportunities available to staff. These include in-house sessions on coaching and mentoring, the opportunity to attend workshops and seminars, staff development days, as well as funding available towards relevant qualifications. HSDC also offers opportunities for funded research and cross-college projects, with some research bids involving international travel to speak at conferences.
To ensure excellence at HSDC, all teaching staff are required to obtain a Level 5 or equivalent Teaching Qualification such as Certificate in Education or PGCE, and you will be supported to achieve this.
For those who are new to teaching, you will be welcome to join our level 3 Award in Education & Training. This is a 10-week introduction to teaching course which will be fully funded by HSDC to support you to develop inclusive teaching and learning.
For more experienced teachers, or those who have completed the Award, you will be welcome to join our Certificate in Education or PGCE course through our partnership with Portsmouth University. You will receive a financial contribution and a reduction in teaching time to support you in becoming a fully qualified teacher!
Generous pension scheme. We offer both the Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme.
Generous annual leave entitlement
A whole range of discounts. All employees are eligible to purchase an NUS TOTUM card which gives you access to hundreds of discounts with retailers.
Giving back. Giving back to the community is an important part of working at HSDC. All staff are given the chance to give back to causes close to their heart. There are opportunities for volunteering and regular fundraising activities for both local and national charities.
Staff are also able to contribute to a charity through the Give As You Earn (GAYE) scheme.
To find out more about what we can offer you, please visit our website .
Application
How to apply
We strive in offering an inclusive and accessible recruitment and interview process to all candidates. Should you have any questions at all, or require any support with reasonable adjustments, please contact recruitment@hsdc.ac.uk and a member of our team will respond as soon as possible.
For more information on the position itself, please connect with Darren Darby at darren.darby@hsdc.ac.uk for any queries. Please note, we appreciate the value of each applicant but kindly ask that you complete an application form as we do not accept CV’s.
If you would like to take a look at the job description for this vacancy, please see this under Supporting Documents on the right-hand side of the page.